Car-unloader



(No Model.)

H. M. BARNHART.

GAB. UNLOADER;

No. 397.11.65. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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UNiTED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. BARNIIART, OF MARION, OHIO.

CARA.: N LOAD ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,165, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed .Tnly 31, 1888. Serial No. 281,560. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. BAENHAET, of Marion, in the county ofMarion and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oar-Unloaders; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as willen able others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in carunloaders, in which the plowdischarges vfrom the one side ot the ear, the fiat side of the plowbeing held in place by the -st akes" along the adjacent side oi' thecar. The plow, at the point thereof, is turned upward, like asledrunner, to enable the plow to pass from one ear to another, evenwhere the cars are of unequal height, the point of plow being alsoturned laterally away from the guiding-stakes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l. is a view in perspective. Fig. 2is a plan.

A represents a ear commonly known as a lat,7 and on which the dirtorother material is transported.

B represents the plow for unloading material. In many instances thedirt, ballast, or whatever material is being used, is wanted only on theone side of the track. This plow therefore is provided with amold-board, B', extending obliquely across the car for discharging theload to t-he one side thereof. The straight side of the plow is providedwith a runner, B2, the latter being adapted to fit and travel along theadjacent stakes a of the car, by means of which stakes 'the plow isguided and kept in place during the unloading of the material. The pointof the plow curves upward some distance, as shown at I), Fig. l, bymeans ol:l which the plow is enabled to pass from one car to anotherwithout difficulty, al-

though the cars should vary some inches in height. The point of the plowalso curves laterally away from the guiding-stakes ce, as shown at ZJ',Fig. 2, so that there is no danger of the point of the plow collidingwith the aforesaid guiding-stakes. A link, O, or other suitable device,is provided for attaching the draft-cable D. The plow is preferably madelargely of metal, a suitable framework of the same being shown, althoughsuch frame-work might be varied indefinitely. The plow may be turned endt'orend on thecar, and consequently the material may be discharged ateither side of the track as wanted. From the fact that a side railheretofore commonly employed for guiding a plow is dispensed with anyordinary car may be used for the purpose, the only preparation necessarybeing a series of short guidingstakes, a, driven into the sockets, withwhich latter every flat car is supposed to be provided.

The device is simple and inexpensive, and will be found very effective.

What I cla-iin is- A car-unloader consisting, essentially, of amold-board running obliquely across the car for discharging the load tothe one side of the car, a runner extendinglengthwise of the car forengaging the adjacent side stakes of the car, the point of the plowcurving upwardly and curved laterally in the direction away from theadjacent guiding-stakes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence ot twowitnesses, this lith day of April, 1888.

HENRY M. BARNHART.

Vitn esses:

JOHN A. WoLFoRD, JOHN F. MCNEAL.

